Research

Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s aversion to alliances, foreign policy professionals across the American political spectrum believe they greatly benefit the United States.

In a crisis over the Senkaku Islands, the US public favors sending additional troops to Japan—but no aid to retake the territory.

The Taiwanese public expects more US aid in a potential conflict with China than Americans are willing to endorse.

When it comes to the conflict in the Middle East, American foreign policy professionals are more divided along partisan lines than the general public.

We investigate where the attitudes of foreign policy professionals and the American public align—and diverge—in a major election year.

The 2024 Chicago Council Survey finds there is often less division than imagined when it comes to long-standing pillars of US foreign policy.

Among those that do think the outcome of the race will matter for Russia, most prefer Donald Trump over Kamala Harris.

The public's top priorities for the US-China relationship moving forward: avoiding war and maintaining a technological edge.

More than half also say the decline of democracies around the world, foreign interference in American elections, and the conflict in the Middle East pose critical threats to vital US interests.

Seven in 10 say the security relationship with Seoul does more to strengthen US national security than weaken it.